Moscow fires warning shot across bow of US naval-based ABM

December 19, 2012
by legitgov

Moscow fires warning shot across bow of US naval-based ABM 17 Dec 2012 A top Russian official says a US missile defense system near Russia's border is strategically destabilizing and may prompt an arms race. Speaking on the threat of mobile, naval-based elements of the US missile defense system "suddenly appearing" on Russia’s coastline, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said such an event would trigger "the harshest reaction from Russia." "We must consider the effective protection of our strategic nuclear forces," Rogozin said in an interview with the magazine Voyenny Parade ('Military Parade').